Along Came Polly (2004)
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26% of critics liked it
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54% of users liked it
(437,123 ratings)
Screenwriter John Hamburg directs his second film (since his 1998 debut Safe Men) with the romantic comedy Along Came Polly. Ben Stiller plays Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor who never takes chances in any aspect of his life. When his new bride Lisa (Debra Messing) leaves him for a… More Screenwriter John Hamburg directs his second film (since his 1998 debut Safe Men) with the romantic comedy Along Came Polly. Ben Stiller plays Reuben Feffer, a professional risk assessor who never takes chances in any aspect of his life. When his new bride Lisa (Debra Messing) leaves him for a European scuba instructor named Claude (Hank Azaria), he finally decides to a risk of his own. At a party, he meets free-spirited Polly Prince (Jennifer Aniston), whom he remembers from his seventh-grade Model U.N. Unlike the control-freak Reuben, she's spent her life living on the edge. They reluctantly begin a romance and Polly introduces him to a new world of spicy food and suggestive dances. Along Came Polly also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Reuben's washed-up best friend Sandy Lyle and Alec Baldwin as the obnoxious insurance company boss Stan Indursky. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Hamburg
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 16, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Without the rom-com requisites of charm, chemistry, comedy and character, this doesn't even meet low expectations.
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Rex Reed, New York Observer
Like the rest of today's alleged comedies that are never funny, this one pretends to be hip, but lacks every semblance of intelligence and depends on the basest common instincts in the kindergarten I.Q. for laughs.
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David Edelstein, Slate
One of those films that celebrate spontaneity and risk-taking yet are so formulaic and un-risky that they strangle their own message.
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Charles Taylor, Salon.com
A movie where love means diarrhea.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
I ... laughed myself sick.
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Cast
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Ben Stiller
as Reuben Feffer
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Jennifer Aniston
as Polly Prince
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Sandy Lyle
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Debra Messing
as Lisa Kramer
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Alec Baldwin
as Stan Indursky
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Hank Azaria
as Claude
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Bryan Brown
as Leland Van Lew
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Jsu Garcia
as Javier
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Michele Lee
as Vivian Feffer
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Bob Dishy
as Irving Feffer
- Suzanne Whang
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Amy Hohn
as Cheryl
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Missi Pyle
as Roxanne
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James DuMont
as Larry
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Mitch Silpa
as J.C. Superstar Director
- Jeffrey Ross
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Nathan Dean
as Mitch
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Christine Barger
as Mary Magdalene
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Masi Oka
as Wonsuk
- Cheryl Hines
- Kevin Hart
- Judah Friedlander



